Thank you to Netgalley and to Parthian for this eARC.

An enjoyable and quick read. Great choice of style in stream-of-consciousness. Wish the ending had been more definitive or clearer, but this worked just fine. Was exasperated with all of the characters, so that was fun.

I was granted an advanced copy of this text by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. While this was a novel with a strange voice, it somehow worked for me. The literary and film references throughout were entertaining and the story kept me engaged. Raymond has a distinctive voice as an author.

Pretty good. I'm not sure if this will have wide appeal, but it's pretty well written. The situations and particularly the characters were fun to follow. The author created a decent amount of suspense and kept it mostly interesting. I chuckled a few time as well.

Thanks very much for the ARC for review!!

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thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing me with the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley and Parthian Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Angels of Cairo is a stressful and propulsive read about an indie filmmaker visiting Cairo for a film festival. Stressful in a good way, where things escalate and escalate until you can only laugh at the incredulous position the characters find themselves in. Think Shiva Baby or a film by Safdie brothers. I'm not normally someone who likes stories that make you cringe, but somehow, despite the flaws of many characters, I was still invested and cheering for things to work out in the end. I think that is in large part due to how this book was written. No chapters or huge shifts in perspective, just a super snappy stream-of-consciousness type narration.

I was worried the ending could one of two ways, and I guess Gary Raymond felt the same thing because the way he dealt with the last few pages of the novel were GENIUS in my opinion. And as someone who loves books and movies, I loved all the references to cinema peppered throughout. This novel also got me reading more into the history of Egypt and the Arab Spring, so I'm thankful for that. I also haven't read about a more casually loathsome character than Lewis in a long time, so I guess I'm thankful for that too.

5/5 stars, I recommend this book to movie fans, who maybe want to get a crazy stressful behind-the-scenes look at a worst case scenario film festival. Looking forward to reading more of Gary Raymond's work. Thanks again to NetGalley and Parthian Books.